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. APPLICATION F D .26, |918. 1,288,419. 4 Patented Dec. 17,1918. 2 Y 2TETSUTARO IKEMORI, OF SAN FRANCISCO, ALIFOBNA.

CAN-OPENER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dee. 17, 1918.

Application led February 26, 1918. Serial 110.219,302.

To all whom z' may concern:

Be it known that I, Tnrsu'rano IKEMORI, a subject of the Emperor ofJapan, residing at San Francisco, in the county of San Francisco andState of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Can-Openers, of which the following is a Specification.

The object of the present invention is to provide a device for punching-a hole in the top of a can for pouring out the contents thereof soconstructed that the hole so punched will be in the form of a spout soas to permit the liquid contents of the can to iow therefrom in acoherent stream without the spreading or spat-tering which occurs whenthe liquid liows through an ordinary round hole.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 is a front view of my improved canopener; Fig. 2 is a side view thereof; Figs. 3, 4, 5 are enlargedvertical sections, showing different stages in the operation of punchingthe hole; Fig. 6 is an enlarged horizontal sectional view of a ortion ofa can showing the form of the ho e punched ltherein; Fig. is aperspective view of a top of a can, also showing the hole.

Referring to the drawing, 1 indicates a body of a can opener formed ofhard wood or any other suitable material. Said body comprises acomparatively wide upper portion 2 and a narrow lower portion 3 withwhich the upper portion 2 forms a horizontally extending shoulder 4.Driven into the shoulder 4 is a cylindrical punch 6 preferably of steelor other hard metal and having a conical and pointed lower end 7. Saidpunch extends in a direction in general parallel with the narrow portion8 of the body but is slightly curved outwardl downward. The narrowportion 3 of t e body terminates downwardly in a rounded enlargement orboss 8 on the side next the punch, the surface of which boss nearest tothe punch engages the outside of the round surface of the can close toits top while the punch itself penetrates the top of the can close toits ed e.

T he round surface 9 of the bo 8 lyin adjacent to the oint of the punch.is forme with a vertica y extending groove 11 of slightly greater widththan the diameter of pan, means for slldably engagin contents of the cancan be poured out without spreading or spattering.v

The slightly curved form of the punch has the effect of drawing the bodyof the can opener toward the can as the punch descends and therebypressing the sides of the grooved portion of the extension against themetal ofthe can and forming the spoutshaped hole in the can.

I claim Y l. A can opener comprising a body having a comparatively wideupper portion and a narrow lower portion, a punch extending from saidwide portion in a direction approximately parallel with the direction inwhich the narrow portion extends from the wide portion, said punchhaving a pointed free end, said narrow portion of the body having a bossextending toward said punch, the surface of said boss next the punchhaving a vertically extending groove.

2. A can opener comprising a body having a comparatively wide upperportion and a narrow lower portion a punch extending from said wideportion in a direction approximately parallel with the direction 1nwhich the narrow portion extends from the wide portion 'but curvedslightly outward, said punch having a pointed free end, said narrowportion of the bod having a boss extending toward said unc the surfaceof said boss next the punc havlng a vertically extending groove.

3. A can opener comprisin a conical pointed punch for penetrating t etop of the the ad- ]acent side of the can below the point of the punchand means for holdin said punch and engagin means in rigid relation toeach other, w ereby, with the descent of the punch,"its conical surfaceswages outward the adjacent side of the can into a rounded ourin s out.p g p T. IKEMORI.

